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== Host == | This project was begun by Erik Kwakkel's class at UBC in 2019/2020, and is aimed at a more comprehensive description of the medieval manuscript fragments | ||
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== Chaucer's Canterbury Tales== | |||
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'''The title of the "Host" Folger collection item which is associated with the fragment in Hamnet.''' (bolded) | |||
''Example:'' Two pastedowns in Chaucer, Canterbury Tales (London: Caxton, 14xx) with call number xxxxx. | |||
=== Origins, Provenance === | |||
''Example:'' The fragments are two incomplete bifolia made of good quality parchment and were produced c. 1275-1300, probably in France (script) • The manuscript was repurposed as binding material, post-medieval, and as a result the verso is darkened and discoloured in areas where a glue was applied. | |||
===Codicology=== | |||
''Example:'' Page dimensions, fol. 1: 334 x 212 (205 x 133) mm [trimmed]; fol. 2: 334 x 208 (215 x 133) mm [trimmed] | 2 columns, 42 lines | Ruling in pencil, prickings not visible | Visible aids to the reader: running title, chapter numbers, paragraph marks, foliation, tie marks | Margins extended to hold annotations. | |||
===Paleography=== | |||
''Example:'' Scribe A (littera textualis, France, c. 1275-1300): main text and catchwords, fols. 1r – 2v in black ink | Scribe B (littera cursiva, France, c. 1275-1300): numerous marginal and interlinear glosses in black ink, including diagrams in lower margins | Scribe C (littera textualis, Italy, c. 1275-1300): occasional glosses in black ink, including upper left margin of fol. 2v | Scribe D (rubricator, c. 1275-1300): page headings and text excerpts in red ink, and litterae notabiliores in red and blue ink | Scribe E (post-medieval script, perhaps 17th century): name of later owner (“Christopherus Fuiche” ?) in Greek and Latin, oriented upside down to text. | |||
===Decoration=== | |||
''Example:'' Historiated initial | Alternating red and blue initials, 2 lines in height, standing partially outside the textblock | Red and blue penwork flourishing. | |||
===Contents=== | |||
''Example:'' Peter Lombard, Sententiarum Libri IV (Sentences), Book 3, Dist. 4-5. | |||
===Fragment Description=== | |||
''Example:'' [name], Sept 12, 2019. | |||
== Folger Manuscripts == | |||
'''The title of the "Host" Folger collection item which is associated with the fragment in Hamnet.''' (bolded) | '''The title of the "Host" Folger collection item which is associated with the fragment in Hamnet.''' (bolded) | ||
''Example:'' Two pastedowns in Chaucer, Canterbury Tales (London: Caxton, 14xx) with call number xxxxx. | ''Example:'' Two pastedowns in Chaucer, Canterbury Tales (London: Caxton, 14xx) with call number xxxxx. | ||
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''Example:'' The fragments are two incomplete bifolia made of good quality parchment and were produced c. 1275-1300, probably in France (script) • The manuscript was repurposed as binding material, post-medieval, and as a result the verso is darkened and discoloured in areas where a glue was applied. | ''Example:'' The fragments are two incomplete bifolia made of good quality parchment and were produced c. 1275-1300, probably in France (script) • The manuscript was repurposed as binding material, post-medieval, and as a result the verso is darkened and discoloured in areas where a glue was applied. | ||
===Codicology=== | ===Codicology=== | ||
''Example:''Page dimensions, fol. 1: 334 x 212 (205 x 133) mm [trimmed]; fol. 2: 334 x 208 (215 x 133) mm [trimmed] | 2 columns, 42 lines | Ruling in pencil, prickings not visible | Visible aids to the reader: running title, chapter numbers, paragraph marks, foliation, tie marks | Margins extended to hold annotations. | ''Example:'' Page dimensions, fol. 1: 334 x 212 (205 x 133) mm [trimmed]; fol. 2: 334 x 208 (215 x 133) mm [trimmed] | 2 columns, 42 lines | Ruling in pencil, prickings not visible | Visible aids to the reader: running title, chapter numbers, paragraph marks, foliation, tie marks | Margins extended to hold annotations. | ||
===Paleography=== | ===Paleography=== | ||
''Example:''Scribe A (littera textualis, France, c. 1275-1300): main text and catchwords, fols. 1r – 2v in black ink | Scribe B (littera cursiva, France, c. 1275-1300): numerous marginal and interlinear glosses in black ink, including diagrams in lower margins | Scribe C (littera textualis, Italy, c. 1275-1300): occasional glosses in black ink, including upper left margin of fol. 2v | Scribe D (rubricator, c. 1275-1300): page headings and text excerpts in red ink, and litterae notabiliores in red and blue ink | Scribe E (post-medieval script, perhaps 17th century): name of later owner (“Christopherus Fuiche” ?) in Greek and Latin, oriented upside down to text. | ''Example:'' Scribe A (littera textualis, France, c. 1275-1300): main text and catchwords, fols. 1r – 2v in black ink | Scribe B (littera cursiva, France, c. 1275-1300): numerous marginal and interlinear glosses in black ink, including diagrams in lower margins | Scribe C (littera textualis, Italy, c. 1275-1300): occasional glosses in black ink, including upper left margin of fol. 2v | Scribe D (rubricator, c. 1275-1300): page headings and text excerpts in red ink, and litterae notabiliores in red and blue ink | Scribe E (post-medieval script, perhaps 17th century): name of later owner (“Christopherus Fuiche” ?) in Greek and Latin, oriented upside down to text. | ||
===Decoration=== | ===Decoration=== | ||
''Example:''Historiated initial | Alternating red and blue initials, 2 lines in height, standing partially outside the textblock | Red and blue penwork flourishing. | ''Example:'' Historiated initial | Alternating red and blue initials, 2 lines in height, standing partially outside the textblock | Red and blue penwork flourishing. | ||
===Contents=== | ===Contents=== | ||
''Example:'' Peter Lombard, Sententiarum Libri IV (Sentences), Book 3, Dist. 4-5. | ''Example:'' Peter Lombard, Sententiarum Libri IV (Sentences), Book 3, Dist. 4-5. | ||
===Fragment Description=== | ===Fragment Description=== | ||
''Example:''[name], Sept 12, 2019. | ''Example:'' [name], Sept 12, 2019. | ||
[[Category:Collection]] | [[Category:Collection]] | ||
[[Category:Manuscripts]] | [[Category:Manuscripts]] |
Latest revision as of 16:12, 15 October 2019
This project was begun by Erik Kwakkel's class at UBC in 2019/2020, and is aimed at a more comprehensive description of the medieval manuscript fragments
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Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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The title of the "Host" Folger collection item which is associated with the fragment in Hamnet. (bolded) Example: Two pastedowns in Chaucer, Canterbury Tales (London: Caxton, 14xx) with call number xxxxx.
Origins, Provenance
Example: The fragments are two incomplete bifolia made of good quality parchment and were produced c. 1275-1300, probably in France (script) • The manuscript was repurposed as binding material, post-medieval, and as a result the verso is darkened and discoloured in areas where a glue was applied.
Codicology
Example: Page dimensions, fol. 1: 334 x 212 (205 x 133) mm [trimmed]; fol. 2: 334 x 208 (215 x 133) mm [trimmed] | 2 columns, 42 lines | Ruling in pencil, prickings not visible | Visible aids to the reader: running title, chapter numbers, paragraph marks, foliation, tie marks | Margins extended to hold annotations.
Paleography
Example: Scribe A (littera textualis, France, c. 1275-1300): main text and catchwords, fols. 1r – 2v in black ink | Scribe B (littera cursiva, France, c. 1275-1300): numerous marginal and interlinear glosses in black ink, including diagrams in lower margins | Scribe C (littera textualis, Italy, c. 1275-1300): occasional glosses in black ink, including upper left margin of fol. 2v | Scribe D (rubricator, c. 1275-1300): page headings and text excerpts in red ink, and litterae notabiliores in red and blue ink | Scribe E (post-medieval script, perhaps 17th century): name of later owner (“Christopherus Fuiche” ?) in Greek and Latin, oriented upside down to text.
Decoration
Example: Historiated initial | Alternating red and blue initials, 2 lines in height, standing partially outside the textblock | Red and blue penwork flourishing.
Contents
Example: Peter Lombard, Sententiarum Libri IV (Sentences), Book 3, Dist. 4-5.
Fragment Description
Example: [name], Sept 12, 2019.
Folger Manuscripts
The title of the "Host" Folger collection item which is associated with the fragment in Hamnet. (bolded) Example: Two pastedowns in Chaucer, Canterbury Tales (London: Caxton, 14xx) with call number xxxxx.
Origins, Provenance
Example: The fragments are two incomplete bifolia made of good quality parchment and were produced c. 1275-1300, probably in France (script) • The manuscript was repurposed as binding material, post-medieval, and as a result the verso is darkened and discoloured in areas where a glue was applied.
Codicology
Example: Page dimensions, fol. 1: 334 x 212 (205 x 133) mm [trimmed]; fol. 2: 334 x 208 (215 x 133) mm [trimmed] | 2 columns, 42 lines | Ruling in pencil, prickings not visible | Visible aids to the reader: running title, chapter numbers, paragraph marks, foliation, tie marks | Margins extended to hold annotations.
Paleography
Example: Scribe A (littera textualis, France, c. 1275-1300): main text and catchwords, fols. 1r – 2v in black ink | Scribe B (littera cursiva, France, c. 1275-1300): numerous marginal and interlinear glosses in black ink, including diagrams in lower margins | Scribe C (littera textualis, Italy, c. 1275-1300): occasional glosses in black ink, including upper left margin of fol. 2v | Scribe D (rubricator, c. 1275-1300): page headings and text excerpts in red ink, and litterae notabiliores in red and blue ink | Scribe E (post-medieval script, perhaps 17th century): name of later owner (“Christopherus Fuiche” ?) in Greek and Latin, oriented upside down to text.
Decoration
Example: Historiated initial | Alternating red and blue initials, 2 lines in height, standing partially outside the textblock | Red and blue penwork flourishing.
Contents
Example: Peter Lombard, Sententiarum Libri IV (Sentences), Book 3, Dist. 4-5.
Fragment Description
Example: [name], Sept 12, 2019.